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Timarcha tenebricosa (F., 1775) (Bloody-nosed Beetle)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Timarcha tenebricosa Imago 19 August 2007 Berks England 21
Timarcha tenebricosa Imago 12 June 2007 West Cornwall England 1
Timarcha tenebricosa Imago 9 September 2003 West Cornwall England 5
Timarcha tenebricosa Larva 23 April 2003 Dorset England 6
Timarcha tenebricosa In cop. 8 April 2001 Oxon England 4
Timarcha tenebricosa In cop. 13 May 1978 North Hampshire England 3
Timarcha tenebricosa Larva 29 May 1977 North Hampshire England 1
Timarcha tenebricosa Imago 30 June 1971 East Sussex England 4

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds), 2006 (Colour photograph) A Coleopterist's handbook
Cox, M.L., 2007 (Colour photograph) Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland

Timarcha tenebricosa may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)
CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Timarcha tenebricosa is associated with:

Photos adult Asperula - woodruffs (Rubiaceae) adult grazes on stem Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Asperula - woodruffs (Rubiaceae) adult grazes on leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Cruciata laevipes - Crosswort (Rubiaceae) adult grazes on stem Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Cruciata laevipes - Crosswort (Rubiaceae) adult grazes on leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Galium - bedstraws (Rubiaceae) adult grazes on stem Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos adult Galium - bedstraws (Rubiaceae) adult grazes on leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos adult Rubia - madders (Rubiaceae) adult grazes on leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Rubia - madders (Rubiaceae) adult grazes on stem Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Asperula - woodruffs (Rubiaceae) larva grazes on leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Asperula - woodruffs (Rubiaceae) larva grazes on stem Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Cruciata laevipes - Crosswort (Rubiaceae) larva grazes on leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Cruciata laevipes - Crosswort (Rubiaceae) larva grazes on stem Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Galium - bedstraws (Rubiaceae) larva grazes on stem Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos larva Galium - bedstraws (Rubiaceae) larva grazes on leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos larva Rubia - madders (Rubiaceae) larva grazes on stem Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Rubia - madders (Rubiaceae) larva grazes on leaf Cox, M.L., 2007

There may be more taxa associated with Timarcha tenebricosa listed at higher taxonomic level

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

Associated with Timarcha tenebricosa:

adult adult is endoparasitoid host of larva Perilitus falciger (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Foreign Cox, M.L., 2007
adult adult is endoparasitoid host of larva Perilitus foveolatus - a braconid wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) UK/Ireland Cox, M.L., 2007
adult adult is predated by adult Falco tinnunculus - Kestrel (Falconiformes: Falconidae) UK/Ireland Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult adult is predated by adult Phasianus colchicus - Pheasant (Galliformes: Phasianidae) UK/Ireland Cox, M.L., 2007
adult adult is predated by adult Athene noctua - Little Owl (Strigiformes: Strigidae) UK/Ireland Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult adult is predated by adult Vulpes vulpes - Fox (Carnivora: Canidae) UK/Ireland Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult adult is predated by adult Meles meles - Badger (Carnivora: Mustelidae) UK/Ireland Cox, M.L., 2007

Timarcha tenebricosa may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)
CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland

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